Flying-machine.



PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

A. H. PRIEDEL.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1904.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed August 20, 1904. Serial No. 221,511.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT HUGO FRIE- DEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to aerial navigation, and provides a ship or machine designed for the above purpose embodying, essentially, an aeroplane, propelling means, and a car or the like for carrying the operator of the device.

The invention consists, primarily, in the special means employed for directing the flight of the machine in ascending and descending, such means involving adjusting mechanism for varying the position of the propelling means in governing the movement of the machine.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying the invention, the kites and a portion of the aeroplane upon one side of the machine being broken away to bring out more clearly the mounting of the propellers. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view, partially broken away, bringing out clearly the mounting of each propeller-shaft in the ad-' jacent bearings. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a modified form of machine, illustrating a different means for operating the pro pellers.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings and specifically describing the invention, the numeral 1 designates the propelling-shafts, and said shafts are supported in a suitable framework, being operated by any preferred means, such as a motor 2, connected therewith. Any suitable number of the propelling-shafts 1 may be utilized, such number depending, of course, upon the size of the machine and other con siderations. Extended from the shafts 1 are a plurality of fans or wings 3-, constituting elements of the propeller, by which the machine is caused to travel through the air. The fans 3 may be of any suitable material within. the contemplation of the invention and are attached to a gas-bag 4, carried by each of said shafts. The bag a will be of any desired construction and promotes the buoyancy of the machine, at the same time constituting means for keeping the apparatus afloat should the same alight upon a body of water.

The framework of the machine consists principally of spaced vertical frames A, said frames consisting of end bars 5, upper bars 6, and lower curved bars 7. The lower bars 7 are curved longitudinally and are arranged parallel, so as to form a curved track upon which the car 8 is adapted to travel. The car 8 is carried by standards 9, having wheels 1.0 at their upper ends, which travel along the track-bars 7. The car 8 may be of any approved construction and is provided with suitable operating mechanism connected with the motors 2 for controlling the operation of the propellers. The spaced frames A of the framework of the machine are connected at suitable intervals by tic-pieces A, and extending laterally from the frames A are light rods, preferably of metal, to which. are secured. kites 11, paid kites being arranged upon each side of a plane passing vertically through the shafts 1. Any number of kites 11 may be utilized, and, as shown, a series of three kites is arranged upon each side of the frames A, and the uppermost of said kites 11 are connected by a canopy 13, forming a central aeroplane which in conjunction with the kites assists in. lifting and holding the machine in suspension. The parts 1]. and 13 also form parachutes which prevent sudden. falling of the machinc,which might endanger the lives of the occupants and wreck the structure.

The propelling devices are peculiarly mounted for adjustment, so as to govern the movement of the machine, and for the above purpose journal members 14 are arranged between the end bars 5 of the frames A, and these journal members are vertically slidable between said end bars, the latter being so constructed as to form guides therefor. The sides of the journal members l lare provided TOO with grooves 15 to receive the bars 5 aforesaid. The propeller-shafts 1 are mounted in hearings in the members 14, and said members 14 are vertically adjustable in order to vary the inclination of the propellers in the operation of the machine. In order to ad? just the members 14, any suitable means may be provided, and that illustrated consists of suitable ropes or cables 16, passing over pulleys 17, mounted upon the frames A, one end of each cable 16 being secured to one of the members 14 and the opposite end passing about a windlass 18 in the car 8. A cable 16 connects with each one of the members 14, and said cables are operable independently of one another in order to adjust each journal member 14 independently. This winding of one of the cables 16 upon the windlass 18 will raise the respective journal member 14, to which it is attached, and thus incline the adjacent propeller-shaft upwardly. When the propeller-shaft is thus inclined, the machine is caused to rise, the forward movement of the machine being governed by means of any ordinary rudder devices and operating means therefor, the latter not being illustrated. The shafts 1 may be raised or lowered at either end, according as it is desired to effect ascent or descent of the machine, and may be operated simultaneously and. independently of each other, as found necessary according to the will of the operator. In order that the propelling devices may be operated when the shafts to which they are connected are adjusted at any suitable inclination, the ends of the shafts 1. are connected with the body or intermediate portions of the shaft by means of universal coup lings 19, said couplings admitting of motion being communicated to the bodies of the shafts, though said portions are out of line with the ends thereof, to which latter the motor is preferably connected.

In Fig. 4 a diagrammatic view illustrates a modified construction of means for imparting motion to the propellers, and in this instance the propelling-shafts 1 are connected between their ends by means of a drive-belt 20 or the like, said belt passing over pulleys upon the respective shafts. The motor will be so connected as to impart power to the drive-belt to effect operation of the propelling devices 3 in a manner described.

When more than one propeller is used, the motors communicating power thereto are designed to revolve the wings 3 in opposite directions to balance the machine more effectively in the air.

The car 8 may be adjusted longitudinally of the track-bars 7, so that said car may occupy any adjusted position thereon. Said car may be adjustable so as to gravitate toward the lowermost portions of the frames A and may be operable to effect the flight of the machine, if desired. However, since the operation and mounting of the car does not form a part of this invention same will not be described minutely.

In order to support the machine when same alights upon the ground, spaced supporting-bars 20 are utilized, said bars being pendent from the lower portions of the frames A, being rigidly attached thereto in any suitable manner. The bars 20 may be curved, as shown, or of any suitable formation so as to firmly position the machine as same alights, and these bars extend beneath the car 8.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A flying-machine embodying a propeller, and means for independently adjusting opposite ends of the propeller whereby direction of flight may be varied.

2. A flying-machine embodying a pro peller, and means for independently or simultaneously adjusting the position of the ends of the propeller whereby direction of flight may be varied.

3. A flying-machine embodying a framework, a propeller journaled therein, journal members for the propeller, flexible connections between the ournal members and the propeller, and means for adjusting the positions of the ournal members.

1. A flying-machine embodying a framework, vertically-adjustable ournal members mounted in said framework, a propeller embodying a propelling-shaft ournaled in the journal members aforesaid and having universal connection therewith, and means for adjusting the positions of the journal members to vary the position of the propeller and the direction of flight of the machine.

5. In a flying-machine, the combination of a suitable framework, guides, journal members slidable in said guides, a propeller mounted in said ournal members, and means for independently adjusting the ournal members'to vary the position of the propeller.

6. In a flying-machine, the combination of suitable framework embodying spacedframes having spaced vertical end bars, journal members slidably mounted between said end bars, propeller shafts journaled in said ournal members, propelling means connected with said shafts, a car carried by the framework, and means for independently operating the journal members from the car.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT HUGO FRIEDEL. [is] Witnesses CnAs. HOYER, HENRY KNUTTELL. 

